Has someone taken apart the Xbox One controller?

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Microsoft claims that it has made quite a few changes and improvements to the Xbox One controller compared to the one made for the Xbox 360. A lot of those changes were made inside the gamepad. Now a website claims to have gotten a hold of a Xbox One controller and has torn it down to show what's inside.

The Xbox Skyer site claims that it picked up the controller in the port city of Dongguan, China. The images, which unfortunately have a ton of words obscuring its details, show the casing of what appears to be a real Xbox One controller, along with the circuit board inside.

While there's not a lot of new information that can be gleaned from these teardown photos, the images do give a clearer idea of how they will be constructed. Microsoft has said previously that they have conducted extensive tests on the gamepads in their labs, including pushing the buttons on each controller a total of two million times; The company claims the controllers will last 10 years or more with regular use.

Of course, while these teardown images look legitimate, they could be faked.




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DawPosted:

Waaay too much watermark ....

ZymePosted:

Could they have maid the watermark any bigger?

LWRPosted:

That watermark is a bit OTT

slapshot101Posted:

It seems way to early for someone to get their hands on one of these yet, especially since it is just the controller. I think this might be fake.

BPMPosted:

-Tam what is all the writing


Its a watermark. So no one else can claim their picture. I think :/

FilmRiotPosted:

that's one hell of a watermark...

-TamPosted:

what is all the writing

S14Posted:

THCv3 The buttons for the bumpers are at the bottom? Maybe the pictures are of a 3rd party controller.


Its upside down.

OasisPosted:

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THCv3 The buttons for the bumpers are at the bottom? Maybe the pictures are of a 3rd party controller.


It looks like the controller it standing straight up though, as the left thumbstick is closer to the top of the controller and in the picture it looks more towards the top as well. It looks a little thinner than the past pictures I have seen where it looked like a bulky controller.


The second pic is upside down. Also, the board is in two pieces, the part with d-pad sits on top, connected to the bottom piece via data cable.

LWRPosted:

this looks very legit!